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atmospheric perspective |
creates the illusion of distance by the greater diminution of color intensity, the shift in color toward and almost neutral blue, and the blurring of contours as the intended distance between the eye and object increases |
What does it do to colors and contours? |
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continuous narrative |
narrative that presents different events in time within the same work of art |
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contrapposto |
the disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part (usually hips and legs one way, shoulders and chest another), creating a counter positioning of the body about its central axis sometimes called "weight shift" because the weight of the body tends to be thrown to one foot, creating tension on one side and relaxation on the other |
what else is it known as? |
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humanism |
In the Renaissance, an emphasis on education and on expanding knowledge (especially of classical antiquity), the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty |
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linear perspective |
a method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface. Most commonly, all parallel lines or surface edges converge on one, two, or three vanishing points located with reference to the eye level of the viewer, and associated objects are rendered smaller the farther from the viewer they are intended to seem |
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horizon line |
in linear perspective, the eye level of the viewer |
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niche |
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object |
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predella |
the narrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests on an altar |
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quatrefoil |
a shape or plan in which the parts assume the form of a cloverleaf |
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Renaissance |
The term used to describe the history, culture, and art of 14th century through the 16th century Western Europe during which artists consciously revived the classical style |
What subjects does it describe? When was it? What was the goal? |
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schiacciato |
squashed relief / very low relief practiced by Donatello |
By whom was it practiced? |
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Giangaleazzo Visconti of Milan |
surrounded Florence with this troops in 1401 Died mysteriously in 1402 This relates to the commission of Ghiberti's first set of doors |
What did he do? When? When did he die? To which piece of art does this relate? |
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Arte de la Calimala |
Wool merchant's guild has panel competition for East doors later moved to North of baptistery |
What does this translate as? What did it do? |
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King Ladislaus of Naples |
threatened to overrun Florence around 1409 Died 1414 |
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In ____ there is a dictum set in place for the completion of the sculptures of ______________ |
1406 Or San Michele |
year name of sculptures |
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Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise baptistery, Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy 1425 - 1452 gilded bronze relief Patron: Wool worker's guild |
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Nanni Di Banco Four Crowned Saints Or San Michele, Florence, Italy ca. 1408 - 1414 Marble Patron: Sculpture guild |
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Masaccio Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella Florence, Italy Ca. 1428 fresco Patron: Lenzi Family |
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Filippo Brunelleschi dome of Florence Cathedral Florence, Italy 1420 - 1436 architecture Patron: Opera del Duomo |
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Donatello David Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy late 1420s - late 1450s bronze Patrol: Piero de' Medici |
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Boticelli Birth of Venus Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy ca. 1484 - 1486 tempera on canvas Patron: Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici |
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